Chelsea are favourites with bookmakers Ladbrokes to sign Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford.

Ever since his stunning breakthrough in the second half of the 2015/2016 season, the England international's progress has been somewhat stalled due to failure to hold down a regular place under Jose Mourinho.

He faces a fight strongest XI as Alexis Sanchez is the favoured option on the left-wing - with Anthony Martial also in the running - and Romelu Lukaku is the first-choice centre forward.

During the international break Rashford has staked his claim to play through the middle after netting the opener against Spain in an UEFA Nations League clash before scoring the winner against Switzerland on Tuesday night.

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Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has urged the youngster to leave Old Trafford if he's to fulfill his reputation.

"Romelu Lukaku is in front of Rashford and I don't see Rashford displacing him as long as he is there," he said on Sky Sports . "But remember when Lukaku was at Chelsea and he had to come away and go to Everton. Then he ended up as top scorer and got his move to Man Utd.

"Possibly Everton is the sort of club you are looking at, just below the top six, for someone like Rashford, similar to what Lukaku did.

"You know you are going to play every week as the centre-forward and you know if you have a couple of games where you don't score then you are still going to play the next week.

"Last season after they played Brighton away, Mourinho had a little pop at him and Lukaku went straight back into the team. That's the problem you will always have.

"Does he have to leave United? I think so. Is he good enough to displace Lukaku? Is Rashford good enough to be Manchester United's centre-forward for them trying to win the Premier League or the Champions League? He may not be.

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"It gets to the stage where you want to play every week. Will he be an England regular or be Manchester United's real centre-forward where you know, when the team is picked every week, that he is in it. Will it ever get to that stage?

"In that position you have got to be world class. Rashford is not world class yet, but he might be at 23 or 24, as Lukaku has done. He looks like one of the best strikers in the world.

"Rashford may have to move away to come back to one of the top teams."

This has led to Ladbrokes pricing up potential destinations for Rashford.

Everton and Chelsea are 4/1 joint-favourites, while Arsenal are just behind in the betting at 9/2. Elsewhere, Wolves (8/1) Real Madrid (10/1), Dortmund (10/1) and Barcelona (14/1) are also in the running.

Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: “It’s unlikely Rashford will lead the line at United on a regular basis any time soon. And were he to leave, we reckon there’ll be plenty in the running for his signature.”